Earth Changes

Fishermen catch rare, 6-meter oarfish off Cozumel, Mexico - normally a denizen of deep water

Mexico News Daily
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:03 UTC

Cozumel fishermen with their oarfish.

The fish, which appeared to have been injured, is normally found in deep water

Fishermen from Cozumel, Quintana Roo, encountered a rare, six-meter-long oarfish this week.

In a video posted to Facebook, the fishermen filmed the bizarre-looking fish they found swimming close to the surface before they gaffed it and brought it on board. It appeared to have suffered a bite wound, the fishermen said, suggesting that was the reason it had left deep water.

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the oarfish, whose scientific name is Regalecus glesne, can grow to 10 meters long, and weigh up to 270 kilos. It is the longest bony fish in the world.

Comment: Read in addition: Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

Severe summer flood hits Karabağlar-İzmir, Turkey

Infotainment
YouTube
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:18 UTC

Severe flood hits Karabağlar-İzmir - TURKEY, June 12, 2020.

New Zealand has coldest June temperature in five years

Aaron Goile
Stuff.co.nz
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:58 UTC

State Highway 8 covered in snow

New Zealand has recorded its coldest June temperature in five years, but some in the south should keep their shorts on hand for the next few days.

The tiny Otago town of Middlemarch was far from the middle of March on Sunday morning, registering the bone-chilling -12.3 degrees Celsius.

According to Niwa, that marks the country's coldest June temperature since 2015, while it was Middlemarch's lowest since 2001.

The second-coldest spot - the -9.9C a couple of hours west in Clyde - was that town's chilliest since 1978.

MetService, meanwhile, have weather stations in different areas to Niwa, and had Pukaki Airport at -9C, Alexandra Airport at -8.6C, Dunedin Airport at -7.8C, Mt Cook Airport at -6.5C and Christchurch Airport at -5.5C.

It was a second successive shivery night, as a cold front moved slowly up the country, bringing clear skies, light winds, but chilly overnight air temperatures.

Comment: Check out our 'extreme temperatures' topic section for more related articles.

Giant squid found on beach in the Western Cape, South Africa

Erene Oberholzer
The South African
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:20 UTC

Giant squid

A rare occurrence indeed! Watch as a giant squid is found on a Western Cape beach.

A giant squid recently washed up on Britannia Bay Beach in the Western Cape. After videos of the squid were shared rapidly on social media, various news reports about the giant squid started to appear.

It's reported that the squid was still alive when it was found, and can be seen moving slightly at various points in the videos shared by Maroela Media, but according to reports, those who found the squid were unfortunately unable to roll the squid back into the water. Richard Davies, who made the discovery on Sunday, 7 June, estimated that this giant squid weighed between 200 and 300 kilograms, and was measured to be 4,19 metres in length.

Comment: For a broader overview concerning these types of events with their troubling associated implications, see: Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

Magnitude 5.7 quake kills one, injures 18 in eastern Turkey

TRT World
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:14 UTC

A view of a collapsed house in Turkey's eastern province of Bingol on June 14, 2020.

Rescue and relief operation going on as quake hits Bingol province, damaging several houses and collapsing military watchtower, officials say.

An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one and injuring 18 people and causing the collapse of a military observation tower, officials said.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that 18 people were injured and one security guard died in the earthquake that struck eastern Karliova district at 1424 GMT.

Some 10 homes have been partially damaged in Elmali and Dinarbey villages of Yedisu district, said Bingol Governor Kadir Ekinci.

Mt. Rainier in Washington sees snowfall, winter-like conditions in mid-June

kxly.com
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:40 UTC

June snow on Mt. Rainier.

It may be June, but the Cascades are looking like they are stuck in mid-winter, thanks to a new batch of snow on Mt. Rainier.

National Weather Service grabbed this photo from their mountain cam, showing low visibility and piles of snow—in mid-June!

Ahhhh.... January in the Cascades. Scratch that. Turns out that summer is less than a week away. Who knew? 🤷 #wawx pic.twitter.com/9zM81Bf2pB
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) June 14, 2020

Mid-June snowfall on the Okanagan Connector, British Columbia

Megan Turcato
Global News
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:23 UTC

Okanagan connector hit with heavy snow

We are less than a week away from the first official day of summer, but that didn't stop snow from falling on Highway 97C Sunday morning.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the highway between Merritt and Kelowna warning that 2 to 5 cm of snow could fall Sunday morning.

Meteorologist Colin Tam said having snow on the Okanagan Connector at this time of year is not an annual occurrence but isn't unheard of.

40 sheep killed by lightning strike in Ahmednagar, India

United News of India
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:53 UTC

About 40 sheep were killed on the spot after being struck by a lightning bolt at Khatgaon village of the taluka on Saturday.

According to a report, a shepherd Santosh Pawar had taken his flock of sheep for grazing to Nimgaon Ghana road in the afternoon, when there was a loud thunderclap.

The lightning struck the sheep, killing about 40 of them on the spot.

Lightning strike kills 9 cows in Clare, Ireland

Pat Flynn
Irish Examiner
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 19:46 UTC

A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their ‘legs in the air.’

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A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their ‘legs in the air.’

As many as nine cattle have been killed following a lightning strike in Co. Clare.

The incident happened this afternoon at Dunlicky on the coast road near Kilkee in the west of the county.

Met Éireann had issued a weather alert for most of the country warning of thunderstorms and torrential downpours in areas with a risk of hail and localised flooding.

A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their 'legs in the air.'